My Quest for Beef Noodle Soup

A few months ago, I fell down a rabbit hole. Actually, it was a noodle hole. It all started with an Instagram photo: a bowl of steaming beef broth as clear as a polished window, with a tight coil of noodles, a crimson puddle of chile oil, thin shingles of beef and radish, and cilantro … Read more

How to Watch the 2025 Westminster Dog Show

Often imitated but never replicated, the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, in its 149th year, is racing toward its conclusion. A group of New York Times journalists will be providing up-to-the-minute live analysis of the competition, in which seven group winners will face off at Madison Square Garden in hopes of capturing best in show. … Read more

Brooklyn Man Admits to Smuggling Precious Egyptian Relics

A Brooklyn man pleaded guilty on Monday to smuggling hundreds of precious artifacts, including ancient Egyptian talismans, gold amulets and a sculpture with the carving of a king from the Ptolemaic dynasty. The man, Ashraf Omar Eldarir, 52, had been charged with smuggling relics on four occasions from 2019 to 2020, and then selling some … Read more

Adams Gets a Reprieve From Trump

Good morning. It’s Tuesday. Today we’ll look at the Justice Department’s order to the U.S. attorney in Manhattan to drop charges against Eric Adams. We’ll also get details on a guilty plea by a Brooklyn man who was accused of carrying ancient Egyptian relics in suitcases he had checked on a flight to Kennedy International … Read more

Dropping Charges Against Adams Wouldn’t Affect Case Against Ingrid Lewis-Martin

The criminal case against Mayor Eric Adams’s former chief adviser, who is charged with participating in a long-running bribery and money-laundering scheme, will proceed despite a request by the Justice Department to drop corruption charges against Mr. Adams. The case against the adviser, Ingrid Lewis-Martin, and her son, Glenn Martin II, was brought by Alvin … Read more